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A Staten Island judge ruled today that records from the Eric Garner grand jury investigation will not be made public after all.The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union, Public Advocate Letitia James, the Le...

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Stingray devices can track mobile phones directly, and their secrets are jealously guarded by law enforcement.
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Out@NBCUniversal members at the St. Patrick's Day Parade
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Ellen Willis
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Colin Quinn on his own 'stupid web show.'
"What do we got?"
"Female, Caucasian, late twenties. Looks to be possibly deceased."
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Update, 3/17/15 5:21 p.m.
Elehecer Balaguer was charged in federal court today with one count of aiming a laser at an aircraft. A press release from the office of Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District, said Balaguer surrendered to FB...

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As she steps down from the dais at the Los Angeles Podcast Festival's "Getting Started in Podcasting" panel discussion, she's mobbed before reaching the second row of folding chairs. The predominantly male crowd clutches caffeinated beverages, uncons...

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"If we want social cohesion, if we want hope and possibility, do even more for early childhood education. That's what Reggio Emilia taught us. That's what we can carry on today." -- Mayor Bill de Blasio
"What is that noise?" Evelyn Salzman asks ...

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ShotSpotter is designed to detect the sound of gunfire automatically and alert police.
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Iris Baez, left foreground, and Hawa Bah, mother of Mohamed Bah, both of whom were killed by NYPD officers, spoke at a police reform rally.
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Bushwick Inlet Park, as it stands now in its nine acres of glory
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Jimmy McMillan is not homeless.
The Rent Is Too Damn High party founder Jimmy McMillan was scheduled to be evicted in February from his $872-a-month rent-stabilized apartment in the East Village. But the fierce affordable-housing advocate has st...

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Chancellor Carmen Faria announces the start of the CEC application process in February.
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Senators Gillibrand, Booker, and Paul want to stop federal interference with states that make medical marijuana legal.
On Tuesday, senators from both sides of the aisle stumped for a new bill that could drastically change the United States' confus...

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No one would mistake the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association and the New York Civil Liberties Union for best buddies. The two organizations -- especially in recent months -- have often found themselves on opposite sides of a rancorous debate over poli...

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Activists protest outside Liberato Restaurant on a January evening in 2014.
He says they're conspirators. They say he's a thief. A restaurant owner and a food-service labor group are tangled in a web of legal battles over how far a group of disgru...